Now the days of David drew nigh that he should
die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

1 Kings 2:2

I am going the way of all the earth: be thou
strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

1 Kings 2:3

and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk
in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and
his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that
thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself.

1 Kings 2:4

That Jehovah may establish his word which he
spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before
me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail
thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

1 Kings 2:5

Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son
of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel,
unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and
shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that
was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

1 Kings 2:6

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let
not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

1 Kings 2:7

But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai
the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came
to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother.

1 Kings 2:8

And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son
of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the
day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I
sware to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou
art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou
shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

1 Kings 2:10

And David slept with his fathers, and was buried
in the city of David.

1 Kings 2:11

And the days that David reigned over Israel
were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years
reigned he in Jerusalem.

1 Kings 2:12

And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his
father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

1 Kings 2:13

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba
the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

1 Kings 2:14

He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto
thee. And she said, Say on.

1 Kings 2:15

And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was
mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit
the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's; for it was his from Jehovah.

1 Kings 2:16

And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me
not. And she said unto him, Say on.

1 Kings 2:17

And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon
the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite
to wife.

1 Kings 2:18

And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for
thee unto the king.

1 Kings 2:19

Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon,
to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself
unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's
mother; and she sat on his right hand.

1 Kings 2:20

Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee;
deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny
thee.

1 Kings 2:21

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be
given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

1 Kings 2:22

And king Solomon answered and said unto his
mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him
the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar
the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

1 Kings 2:23

Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying,
God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against
his own life.

1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore as Jehovah liveth, who hath established
me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house,
as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

1 Kings 2:25

And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.

1 Kings 2:26

And unto Abiathar the priest said the king,
Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but
I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the
Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein
my father was afflicted.

1 Kings 2:27

So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest
unto Jehovah, that he might fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he spake concerning
the house of Eli in Shiloh.

1 Kings 2:28

And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned
after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent
of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 2:29

And it was told king Solomon, Joab is fled unto
the Tent of Jehovah, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

1 Kings 2:30

And Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah, and
said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die
here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus
he answered me.

1 Kings 2:31

And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said,
and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab
shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

1 Kings 2:32

And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own
head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew
them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, to wit, Abner the son of
Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the
host of Judah.

1 Kings 2:33

So shall their blood return upon the head of
Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but unto David, and unto his seed,
and unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Jehovah.

1 Kings 2:34

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and
fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

1 Kings 2:35

And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
in his room over the host; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of
Abiathar.

1 Kings 2:36

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth
thence any whither.

1 Kings 2:37

For on the day thou goest out, and passest over
the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood
shall be upon thine own head.

1 Kings 2:38

And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is
good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt
in Jerusalem many days.

1 Kings 2:39

And it came to pass at the end of three years,
that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish, son of Maacah, king of
Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants are in Gath.

1 Kings 2:40

And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went
to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants
from Gath.

1 Kings 2:41

And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone
from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

1 Kings 2:42

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him, Did I not adjure thee by Jehovah, and protest unto thee, saying,
Know for certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither,
thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The saying that I have heard is
good.

1 Kings 2:43

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah,
and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

1 Kings 2:44

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest
all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father:
therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

1 Kings 2:45

But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne
of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever.

1 Kings 2:46

So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
and he went out, and fell upon him, so that he died. And the kingdom was established
in the hand of Solomon.

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